Wirral has recorded an average of less than 10 new Coronavirus cases per day in the last week of reliable data, latest figures show.

According to Public Health England, in the seven days to April 2, the borough had an infection rate of 18.8 per 100,000 people, with 61 new cases.

That is down from a rate of 24.1 seven days earlier, when 78 people in Wirral tested positive for the virus.

The figures are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).

Data for the most recent four days (April 3-6) has been excluded as it is incomplete and does not reflect the true number of cases.

Of the 315 local areas in England, 31 (10%) have seen a rise in case rates, 276 (88%) have seen a fall and eight are unchanged.

Wirral's week-on-week reduction in cases now sees it drop into the 90 areas in England with the lowest infection rates, in 89th place.

The borough continues to have the lowest rate of infection per 100,000 people in the Liverpool City Region.

Covid case rates in full

Corby, 145.4, (105), 242.3, (175)
Doncaster, 113.5, (354), 135.6, (423)
Barnsley, 110.6, (273), 153.5, (379)
Wakefield, 109.1, (380), 138.4, (482)
Mansfield, 99.7, (109), 90.6, (99)
Hull, 98.9, (257), 132.8, (345)
Rotherham, 94.9, (252), 168.4, (447)
South Holland, 94.7, (90), 125.2, (119)
Sheffield, 94.2, (551), 127.9, (748)
Luton, 93.9, (200), 123.9, (264)
North Warwickshire, 93.5, (61), 157.8, (103)
North Lincolnshire, 91.1, (157), 144.5, (249)
Stockton-on-Tees, 89.2, (176), 100.3, (198)
Leeds, 87.6, (695), 119.9, (951)
Leicester, 86.7, (307), 114.3, (405)
Bradford, 85.8, (463), 144.1, (778)
Tameside, 79.5, (180), 109.5, (248)
Hinckley and Bosworth, 78.7, (89), 88.4, (100)
Bolton, 76.9, (221), 107.5, (309)
Preston, 76.9, (110), 105.5, (151)
Oldham, 76.8, (182), 108.0, (256)
South Kesteven, 75.8, (108), 114.4, (163)
Kirklees, 74.6, (328), 109.8, (483)
Boston, 74.1, (52), 124.0, (87)
Peterborough, 73.2, (148), 108.3, (219)
Slough, 72.9, (109), 84.3, (126)
Manchester, 72.5, (401), 101.8, (563)
Rochdale, 72.4, (161), 103.4, (230)
North East Lincolnshire, 70.8, (113), 85.2, (136)
Hartlepool, 70.5, (66), 101.4, (95)
Blackburn with Darwen, 68.8, (103), 114.9, (172)
Darlington, 68.4, (73), 77.7, (83)
Tamworth, 67.8, (52), 96.5, (74)
Chorley, 67.7, (80), 66.0, (78)
Kettering, 66.8, (68), 61.9, (63)
Oadby and Wigston, 66.6, (38), 64.9, (37)
Walsall, 66.2, (189), 72.2, (206)
Wellingborough, 65.2, (52), 56.5, (45)
Melton, 64.4, (33), 87.9, (45)
West Lindsey, 63.8, (61), 71.1, (68)
Sandwell, 60.0, (197), 98.0, (322)
Newark and Sherwood, 59.6, (73), 90.7, (111)
Selby, 59.6, (54), 88.3, (80)
Salford, 59.1, (153), 78.4, (203)
Wigan, 59.0, (194), 94.0, (309)
Wolverhampton, 58.9, (155), 65.3, (172)
Newcastle upon Tyne, 58.8, (178), 41.6, (126)
Southampton, 58.6, (148), 69.3, (175)
Ipswich, 58.4, (80), 67.2, (92)
Stoke-on-Trent, 57.7, (148), 82.7, (212)
Rugby, 56.9, (62), 90.0, (98)
Stockport, 56.6, (166), 71.9, (211)
Northampton, 56.5, (127), 69.9, (157)
Burnley, 56.2, (50), 66.4, (59)
Redditch, 55.1, (47), 98.5, (84)
East Northamptonshire, 54.0, (51), 120.6, (114)
Swindon, 53.6, (119), 68.0, (151)
Bury, 53.4, (102), 70.2, (134)
Middlesbrough, 53.2, (75), 50.4, (71)
Trafford, 53.1, (126), 67.8, (161)
Charnwood, 52.7, (98), 77.5, (144)
Rutland, 52.6, (21), 60.1, (24)
Dudley, 51.9, (167), 80.2, (258)
North Tyneside, 51.5, (107), 47.6, (99)
South Derbyshire, 51.3, (55), 66.2, (71)
Broxtowe, 50.9, (58), 82.4, (94)
Craven, 50.8, (29), 40.3, (23)
Calderdale, 50.1, (106), 113.0, (239)
Gedling, 50.0, (59), 59.4, (70)
Scarborough, 49.7, (54), 48.7, (53)
Hyndburn, 49.4, (40), 64.2, (52)
Fenland, 49.1, (50), 80.5, (82)
Bassetlaw, 46.8, (55), 83.4, (98)
East Staffordshire, 46.8, (56), 77.7, (93)
Stevenage, 46.7, (41), 87.7, (77)
Daventry, 46.5, (40), 25.6, (22)
Eastleigh, 46.4, (62), 41.2, (55)
Birmingham, 46.2, (528), 74.4, (850)
Sunderland, 45.7, (127), 62.3, (173)
Nuneaton and Bedworth, 45.4, (59), 54.7, (71)
Bexley, 44.7, (111), 60.4, (150)
Blaby, 43.3, (44), 77.8, (79)
Southend-on-Sea, 43.1, (79), 35.5, (65)
East Lindsey, 43.0, (61), 57.2, (81)
Ashfield, 43.0, (55), 90.7, (116)
County Durham, 42.6, (226), 62.3, (330)
Coventry, 42.5, (158), 52.8, (196)
Watford, 42.5, (41), 28.0, (27)
Wyre Forest, 42.5, (43), 48.4, (49)
North East Derbyshire, 42.4, (43), 44.4, (45)
Dartford, 41.7, (47), 58.6, (66)
Staffordshire Moorlands, 41.7, (41), 35.6, (35)
North West Leicestershire, 41.5, (43), 78.2, (81)
Gateshead, 41.1, (83), 47.0, (95)
Hillingdon, 40.4, (124), 59.3, (182)
Hart, 40.2, (39), 37.1, (36)
Wychavon, 40.2, (52), 42.5, (55)
Oxford, 40.0, (61), 55.8, (85)
West Oxfordshire, 39.8, (44), 49.7, (55)
Broadland, 39.8, (52), 42.8, (56)
Ribble Valley, 39.4, (24), 57.5, (35)
Sedgemoor, 39.0, (48), 59.3, (73)
South Oxfordshire, 38.7, (55), 49.3, (70)
Ealing, 38.6, (132), 55.3, (189)
Lichfield, 38.2, (40), 65.9, (69)
Barking and Dagenham, 38.0, (81), 62.0, (132)
Woking, 37.7, (38), 42.7, (43)
Three Rivers, 37.5, (35), 28.9, (27)
Bolsover, 37.2, (30), 38.5, (31)
Milton Keynes, 37.1, (100), 50.8, (137)
Harrow, 37.0, (93), 58.9, (148)
Derby, 36.9, (95), 50.5, (130)
High Peak, 36.7, (34), 58.3, (54)
Kensington and Chelsea, 36.5, (57), 36.5, (57)
South Tyneside, 36.4, (55), 42.4, (64)
South Somerset, 36.2, (61), 68.9, (116)
South Ribble, 36.1, (40), 64.1, (71)
Epsom and Ewell, 36.0, (29), 37.2, (30)
West Lancashire, 35.9, (41), 61.2, (70)
East Cambridgeshire, 35.6, (32), 37.8, (34)
East Riding of Yorkshire, 35.5, (121), 62.7, (214)
Central Bedfordshire, 35.0, (101), 59.9, (173)
Swale, 34.6, (52), 58.6, (88)
Hounslow, 34.6, (94), 66.3, (180)
Worcester, 34.6, (35), 43.5, (44)
Northumberland, 34.4, (111), 47.5, (153)
Kingston upon Thames, 34.4, (61), 38.9, (69)
Warrington, 34.3, (72), 63.3, (133)
Solihull, 34.2, (74), 59.6, (129)
Eastbourne, 33.7, (35), 41.4, (43)
Nottingham, 33.6, (112), 73.3, (244)
Rossendale, 33.6, (24), 65.8, (47)
Redcar and Cleveland, 33.5, (46), 47.4, (65)
Bracknell Forest, 33.5, (41), 33.5, (41)
Spelthorne, 33.1, (33), 50.1, (50)
Windsor and Maidenhead, 32.4, (49), 66.7, (101)
Stratford-on-Avon, 32.3, (42), 43.8, (57)
Newcastle-under-Lyme, 31.7, (41), 46.4, (60)
Vale of White Horse, 31.6, (43), 30.1, (41)
Redbridge, 31.5, (96), 48.2, (147)
Newham, 30.6, (108), 34.0, (120)
Chesterfield, 30.5, (32), 43.9, (46)
Lincoln, 30.2, (30), 38.3, (38)
Test Valley, 30.1, (38), 28.5, (36)
South Bucks, 30.0, (21), 27.1, (19)
St Helens, 29.9, (54), 42.1, (76)
Erewash, 29.5, (34), 39.9, (46)
Halton, 29.4, (38), 61.0, (79)
Pendle, 29.3, (27), 49.9, (46)
Wycombe, 29.2, (51), 48.7, (85)
Dacorum, 29.1, (45), 40.1, (62)
South Northamptonshire, 28.6, (27), 28.6, (27)
Barrow-in-Furness, 28.3, (19), 28.3, (19)
Lancaster, 28.1, (41), 45.2, (66)
Barnet, 28.0, (111), 30.6, (121)
Breckland, 27.9, (39), 78.6, (110)
Canterbury, 27.8, (46), 45.3, (75)
Wandsworth, 27.6, (91), 37.0, (122)
Cheshire East, 27.6, (106), 45.0, (173)
Huntingdonshire, 27.5, (49), 65.7, (117)
Thanet, 27.5, (39), 51.4, (73)
North Kesteven, 27.4, (32), 49.6, (58)
Merton, 27.1, (56), 41.2, (85)
Chiltern, 27.1, (26), 32.3, (31)
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, 27.1, (41), 42.9, (65)
Waltham Forest, 27.1, (75), 34.3, (95)
Richmond upon Thames, 26.8, (53), 30.3, (60)
Bristol, 26.8, (124), 51.6, (239)
Allerdale, 26.6, (26), 36.8, (36)
Tower Hamlets, 26.2, (85), 33.3, (108)
Richmondshire, 26.1, (14), 33.5, (18)
Sefton, 26.0, (72), 37.3, (103)
Welwyn Hatfield, 26.0, (32), 42.3, (52)
Crawley, 25.8, (29), 46.3, (52)
Cheshire West and Chester, 25.7, (88), 64.4, (221)
Warwick, 25.0, (36), 25.0, (36)
Greenwich, 25.0, (72), 43.4, (125)
Haringey, 24.9, (67), 31.3, (84)
Basingstoke and Deane, 24.9, (44), 33.4, (59)
Havering, 24.7, (64), 31.6, (82)
Ashford, 24.6, (32), 27.7, (36)
South Gloucestershire, 24.6, (70), 39.3, (112)
Wealden, 24.2, (39), 14.2, (23)
Aylesbury Vale, 24.1, (48), 35.1, (70)
Cambridge, 24.0, (30), 37.7, (47)
North Hertfordshire, 24.0, (32), 42.7, (57)
Brent, 24.0, (79), 49.1, (162)
Tendring, 23.9, (35), 66.9, (98)
Knowsley, 23.9, (36), 42.4, (64)
Liverpool, 23.1, (115), 39.8, (198)
Bedford, 23.1, (40), 39.2, (68)
Cannock Chase, 22.8, (23), 63.5, (64)
Wokingham, 22.8, (39), 36.8, (63)
Amber Valley, 22.6, (29), 44.5, (57)
Gosport, 22.4, (19), 27.1, (23)
West Suffolk, 22.3, (40), 35.7, (64)
Herefordshire, 22.3, (43), 25.9, (50)
South Staffordshire, 22.2, (25), 43.6, (49)
Bromsgrove, 22.0, (22), 57.1, (57)
Portsmouth, 21.9, (47), 39.6, (85)
Hambleton, 21.8, (20), 27.3, (25)
Hammersmith and Fulham, 21.6, (40), 47.5, (88)
South Cambridgeshire, 21.4, (34), 29.5, (47)
South Norfolk, 21.3, (30), 16.3, (23)
Tonbridge and Malling, 21.2, (28), 25.0, (33)
Arun, 21.1, (34), 30.5, (49)
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, 21.0, (83), 17.2, (68)
Enfield, 21.0, (70), 33.9, (113)
Medway, 20.8, (58), 34.5, (96)
Worthing, 20.8, (23), 19.9, (22)
Thurrock, 20.6, (36), 41.3, (72)
Plymouth, 20.6, (54), 47.7, (125)
Sutton, 20.4, (42), 30.0, (62)
Runnymede, 20.1, (18), 50.3, (45)
Colchester, 20.0, (39), 39.0, (76)
Chichester, 19.8, (24), 36.3, (44)
Havant, 19.8, (25), 41.2, (52)
Reading, 19.8, (32), 42.0, (68)
West Berkshire, 19.6, (31), 31.6, (50)
Shropshire, 19.5, (63), 26.0, (84)
Telford and Wrekin, 19.5, (35), 31.7, (57)
New Forest, 19.4, (35), 25.0, (45)
Wiltshire, 19.4, (97), 28.0, (140)
Blackpool, 19.4, (27), 37.3, (52)
Rushcliffe, 19.3, (23), 27.7, (33)
Mid Suffolk, 19.3, (20), 21.2, (22)
Wirral, 18.8, (61), 24.1, (78)
Adur, 18.7, (12), 17.1, (11)
Islington, 18.6, (45), 27.2, (66)
York, 18.5, (39), 29.9, (63)
Elmbridge, 18.3, (25), 24.1, (33)
North Somerset, 18.1, (39), 27.0, (58)
Harborough, 18.1, (17), 42.6, (40)
Somerset West and Taunton, 18.1, (28), 20.0, (31)
Westminster, 18.0, (47), 27.9, (73)
Rushmoor, 18.0, (17), 23.3, (22)
Chelmsford, 17.9, (32), 22.4, (40)
Dover, 17.8, (21), 23.7, (28)
Tunbridge Wells, 17.7, (21), 34.5, (41)
Cherwell, 17.3, (26), 24.6, (37)
East Suffolk, 17.2, (43), 24.9, (62)
Fareham, 17.2, (20), 31.8, (37)
Bromley, 17.2, (57), 23.2, (77)
Gloucester, 17.0, (22), 13.9, (18)
Mid Devon, 17.0, (14), 26.7, (22)
Southwark, 16.9, (54), 22.3, (71)
Gravesham, 16.8, (18), 16.8, (18)
Basildon, 16.6, (31), 18.7, (35)
Malvern Hills, 16.5, (13), 24.1, (19)
Hertsmere, 16.2, (17), 28.6, (30)
Reigate and Banstead, 16.1, (24), 25.5, (38)
Copeland, 16.1, (11), 42.5, (29)
Mole Valley, 16.0, (14), 12.6, (11)
Brighton and Hove, 15.8, (46), 31.6, (92)
Lambeth, 15.6, (51), 29.1, (95)
Brentwood, 15.6, (12), 13.0, (10)
Camden, 15.6, (42), 22.6, (61)
Lewes, 15.5, (16), 22.3, (23)
Castle Point, 15.5, (14), 31.0, (28)
Broxbourne, 15.4, (15), 29.8, (29)
Maldon, 15.4, (10), 21.6, (14)
Winchester, 15.2, (19), 31.2, (39)
Lewisham, 15.0, (46), 25.5, (78)
Harlow, 14.9, (13), 40.2, (35)
Sevenoaks, 14.9, (18), 17.4, (21)
Fylde, 14.9, (12), 55.7, (45)
St Albans, 14.8, (22), 22.9, (34)
Hackney and City of London, 14.8, (43), 24.4, (71)
Croydon, 14.7, (57), 22.5, (87)
Maidstone, 14.5, (25), 32.6, (56)
Exeter, 14.5, (19), 17.5, (23)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, 14.0, (80), 18.4, (105)
East Hampshire, 13.9, (17), 21.3, (26)
Mendip, 13.8, (16), 23.4, (27)
Stafford, 13.8, (19), 36.4, (50)
Derbyshire Dales, 13.8, (10), 45.6, (33)
Braintree, 13.8, (21), 34.1, (52)
Rochford, 13.7, (12), 41.2, (36)
Tandridge, 13.6, (12), 23.8, (21)
Surrey Heath, 13.4, (12), 21.3, (19)
Wyre, 13.4, (15), 41.0, (46)
Stroud, 13.3, (16), 17.5, (21)
Mid Sussex, 13.2, (20), 19.9, (30)
Torbay, 13.2, (18), 16.1, (22)
West Devon, 12.5, (7), 12.5, (7)
Horsham, 12.5, (18), 17.4, (25)
Epping Forest, 12.1, (16), 24.3, (32)
Norwich, 12.1, (17), 38.4, (54)
Cheltenham, 12.0, (14), 22.4, (26)
Isle of Wight, 12.0, (17), 16.9, (24)
Babergh, 12.0, (11), 17.4, (16)
East Devon, 11.6, (17), 30.1, (44)
Dorset, 11.4, (43), 28.3, (107)
East Hertfordshire, 11.4, (17), 17.4, (26)
Teignbridge, 11.2, (15), 10.4, (14)
Cotswold, 11.1, (10), 6.7, (6)
Carlisle, 11.0, (12), 22.1, (24)
Uttlesford, 11.0, (10), 26.3, (24)
Harrogate, 10.6, (17), 36.1, (58)
Tewkesbury, 10.5, (10), 12.6, (12)
North Devon, 10.3, (10), 7.2, (7)
Bath and North East Somerset, 9.8, (19), 17.6, (34)
South Lakeland, 9.5, (10), 15.2, (16)
Forest of Dean, 9.2, (8), 27.7, (24)
Guildford, 8.7, (13), 24.8, (37)
North Norfolk, 8.6, (9), 21.9, (23)
Rother, 8.3, (8), 9.4, (9)
Great Yarmouth, 8.1, (8), 15.1, (15)
South Hams, 8.0, (7), 16.1, (14)
Hastings, 7.6, (7), 7.6, (7)
Waverley, 7.1, (9), 20.6, (26)
Eden, 5.6, (3), 18.8, (10)
Folkestone and Hythe, 5.3, (6), 20.4, (23)
Ryedale, 3.6, (2), 25.3, (14)
Torridge, 2.9, (2), 14.6, (10)